Quadratic roots, medium range

Percentage Accurate: 31.1% → 99.7%
Time: 11.1s
Alternatives: 6
Speedup: 3.6×

Specification

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\[\left(\left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < a \land a < 9007199254740992\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < b \land b < 9007199254740992\right)\right) \land \left(1.1102230246251565 \cdot 10^{-16} < c \land c < 9007199254740992\right)\]
\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 6 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 31.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
real(8) function code(a, b, c)
    real(8), intent (in) :: a
    real(8), intent (in) :: b
    real(8), intent (in) :: c
    code = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0d0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0d0 * a)
end function
public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-b + Math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
}
def code(a, b, c):
	return (-b + math.sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a)
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-b) + sqrt(Float64(Float64(b * b) - Float64(Float64(4.0 * a) * c)))) / Float64(2.0 * a))
end
function tmp = code(a, b, c)
	tmp = (-b + sqrt(((b * b) - ((4.0 * a) * c)))) / (2.0 * a);
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-b) + N[Sqrt[N[(N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(4.0 * a), $MachinePrecision] * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(2.0 * a), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.7% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-2 \cdot c}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + b} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c)
 :precision binary64
 (/ (* -2.0 c) (+ (sqrt (fma (* -4.0 c) a (* b b))) b)))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return (-2.0 * c) / (sqrt(fma((-4.0 * c), a, (b * b))) + b);
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(Float64(-2.0 * c) / Float64(sqrt(fma(Float64(-4.0 * c), a, Float64(b * b))) + b))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[(-2.0 * c), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Sqrt[N[(N[(-4.0 * c), $MachinePrecision] * a + N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{-2 \cdot c}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + b}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 32.6%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    2. clear-numN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    3. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot a}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}} \]
    4. associate-/l*N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    5. associate-/r*N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    6. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}} \]
    7. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    8. lower-/.f6432.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    9. lift-+.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    10. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \left(-b\right)}}} \]
    11. lift-neg.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)}}} \]
    12. unsub-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}}} \]
    13. lower--.f6432.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}}} \]
  4. Applied rewrites32.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\frac{a}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b}}} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b}}} \]
    2. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b}}} \]
    3. associate-/r/N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b\right)} \]
    4. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b\right)} \]
    5. sub-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)\right)} \]
    6. distribute-lft-inN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)} \]
    7. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}{a} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) \]
    8. associate-/r*N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2 \cdot a}} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) \]
    9. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot a}} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right) \]
    10. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{2 \cdot a}, \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}, \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)\right)} \]
    11. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot a}}, \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}, \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)\right) \]
    12. associate-/r*N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a}}, \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}, \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)\right) \]
    13. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}{a}, \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}, \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)\right) \]
    14. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a}}, \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}, \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)\right) \]
    15. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a}, \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}, \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}{a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)\right) \]
    16. associate-/r*N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a}, \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}, \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2 \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)\right) \]
    17. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a}, \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}, \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot a}} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)\right) \]
    18. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a}, \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}, \color{blue}{\frac{1}{2 \cdot a} \cdot \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)}\right) \]
  6. Applied rewrites33.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{0.5}{a}, \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)}, \frac{0.5}{a} \cdot \left(-b\right)\right)} \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(-b\right)} \]
    2. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(-b\right)} \]
    3. distribute-lft-inN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + \left(-b\right)\right)} \]
    4. lift-neg.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)}\right) \]
    5. sub-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a} \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b\right)} \]
    6. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b\right) \cdot \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{a}} \]
  8. Applied rewrites99.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, 0\right) \cdot \frac{0.5}{a}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + b}} \]
  9. Taylor expanded in a around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot c}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + b} \]
  10. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lower-*.f6499.7

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot c}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + b} \]
  11. Applied rewrites99.7%

    \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-2 \cdot c}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} + b} \]
  12. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 91.1% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{0.5}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, 0.5, \frac{b}{c} \cdot -0.5\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ 0.5 (fma (/ a b) 0.5 (* (/ b c) -0.5))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.5 / fma((a / b), 0.5, ((b / c) * -0.5));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(0.5 / fma(Float64(a / b), 0.5, Float64(Float64(b / c) * -0.5)))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(0.5 / N[(N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5 + N[(N[(b / c), $MachinePrecision] * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{0.5}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, 0.5, \frac{b}{c} \cdot -0.5\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 32.6%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    2. clear-numN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    3. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot a}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}} \]
    4. associate-/l*N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    5. associate-/r*N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    6. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}} \]
    7. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    8. lower-/.f6432.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    9. lift-+.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    10. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \left(-b\right)}}} \]
    11. lift-neg.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)}}} \]
    12. unsub-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}}} \]
    13. lower--.f6432.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}}} \]
  4. Applied rewrites32.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\frac{a}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b}}} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in a around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{a}{b}}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{a}{b} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{c}}} \]
    2. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{b} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{c}} \]
    3. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right)}} \]
    4. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{a}{b}}, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right)} \]
    5. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, \frac{1}{2}, \color{blue}{\frac{b}{c} \cdot \frac{-1}{2}}\right)} \]
    6. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, \frac{1}{2}, \color{blue}{\frac{b}{c} \cdot \frac{-1}{2}}\right)} \]
    7. lower-/.f6492.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, 0.5, \color{blue}{\frac{b}{c}} \cdot -0.5\right)} \]
  7. Applied rewrites92.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, 0.5, \frac{b}{c} \cdot -0.5\right)}} \]
  8. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 91.0% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{0.5}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, 0.5, b \cdot \frac{-0.5}{c}\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ 0.5 (fma (/ a b) 0.5 (* b (/ -0.5 c)))))
double code(double a, double b, double c) {
	return 0.5 / fma((a / b), 0.5, (b * (-0.5 / c)));
}
function code(a, b, c)
	return Float64(0.5 / fma(Float64(a / b), 0.5, Float64(b * Float64(-0.5 / c))))
end
code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(0.5 / N[(N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5 + N[(b * N[(-0.5 / c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\frac{0.5}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, 0.5, b \cdot \frac{-0.5}{c}\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 32.6%

    \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
    2. clear-numN/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    3. lift-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot a}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}} \]
    4. associate-/l*N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    5. associate-/r*N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    6. metadata-evalN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}} \]
    7. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    8. lower-/.f6432.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    9. lift-+.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
    10. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \left(-b\right)}}} \]
    11. lift-neg.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)}}} \]
    12. unsub-negN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}}} \]
    13. lower--.f6432.6

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}}} \]
  4. Applied rewrites32.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\frac{a}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b}}} \]
  5. Taylor expanded in a around 0

    \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{a}{b}}} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{a}{b} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{c}}} \]
    2. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{b} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{c}} \]
    3. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right)}} \]
    4. lower-/.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{a}{b}}, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right)} \]
    5. *-commutativeN/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, \frac{1}{2}, \color{blue}{\frac{b}{c} \cdot \frac{-1}{2}}\right)} \]
    6. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, \frac{1}{2}, \color{blue}{\frac{b}{c} \cdot \frac{-1}{2}}\right)} \]
    7. lower-/.f6492.0

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, 0.5, \color{blue}{\frac{b}{c}} \cdot -0.5\right)} \]
  7. Applied rewrites92.0%

    \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, 0.5, \frac{b}{c} \cdot -0.5\right)}} \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. Applied rewrites92.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, 0.5, b \cdot \frac{-0.5}{c}\right)} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing

    Alternative 4: 91.0% accurate, 1.1× speedup?

    \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{0.5}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, \frac{-0.5}{c}, \frac{a}{b} \cdot 0.5\right)} \end{array} \]
    (FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ 0.5 (fma b (/ -0.5 c) (* (/ a b) 0.5))))
    double code(double a, double b, double c) {
    	return 0.5 / fma(b, (-0.5 / c), ((a / b) * 0.5));
    }
    
    function code(a, b, c)
    	return Float64(0.5 / fma(b, Float64(-0.5 / c), Float64(Float64(a / b) * 0.5)))
    end
    
    code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(0.5 / N[(b * N[(-0.5 / c), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(a / b), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
    
    \begin{array}{l}
    
    \\
    \frac{0.5}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, \frac{-0.5}{c}, \frac{a}{b} \cdot 0.5\right)}
    \end{array}
    
    Derivation
    1. Initial program 32.6%

      \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
    2. Add Preprocessing
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. lift-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a}} \]
      2. clear-numN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{2 \cdot a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
      3. lift-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{2 \cdot a}}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}} \]
      4. associate-/l*N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{1}{\color{blue}{2 \cdot \frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
      5. associate-/r*N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
      6. metadata-evalN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2}}}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}} \]
      7. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
      8. lower-/.f6432.6

        \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
      9. lift-+.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}}} \]
      10. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \left(-b\right)}}} \]
      11. lift-neg.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} + \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(b\right)\right)}}} \]
      12. unsub-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}}} \]
      13. lower--.f6432.6

        \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\frac{a}{\color{blue}{\sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c} - b}}} \]
    4. Applied rewrites32.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{0.5}{\frac{a}{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(-4 \cdot c, a, b \cdot b\right)} - b}}} \]
    5. Taylor expanded in a around 0

      \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{c} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{a}{b}}} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{a}{b} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{c}}} \]
      2. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\color{blue}{\frac{a}{b} \cdot \frac{1}{2}} + \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{c}} \]
      3. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right)}} \]
      4. lower-/.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{a}{b}}, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{-1}{2} \cdot \frac{b}{c}\right)} \]
      5. *-commutativeN/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, \frac{1}{2}, \color{blue}{\frac{b}{c} \cdot \frac{-1}{2}}\right)} \]
      6. lower-*.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, \frac{1}{2}, \color{blue}{\frac{b}{c} \cdot \frac{-1}{2}}\right)} \]
      7. lower-/.f6492.0

        \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, 0.5, \color{blue}{\frac{b}{c}} \cdot -0.5\right)} \]
    7. Applied rewrites92.0%

      \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{a}{b}, 0.5, \frac{b}{c} \cdot -0.5\right)}} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. Applied rewrites92.0%

        \[\leadsto \frac{0.5}{\mathsf{fma}\left(b, \color{blue}{\frac{-0.5}{c}}, \frac{a}{b} \cdot 0.5\right)} \]
      2. Add Preprocessing

      Alternative 5: 91.0% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

      \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{\left(-c\right) - \frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{b \cdot b}}{b} \end{array} \]
      (FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ (- (- c) (/ (* a (* c c)) (* b b))) b))
      double code(double a, double b, double c) {
      	return (-c - ((a * (c * c)) / (b * b))) / b;
      }
      
      real(8) function code(a, b, c)
          real(8), intent (in) :: a
          real(8), intent (in) :: b
          real(8), intent (in) :: c
          code = (-c - ((a * (c * c)) / (b * b))) / b
      end function
      
      public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
      	return (-c - ((a * (c * c)) / (b * b))) / b;
      }
      
      def code(a, b, c):
      	return (-c - ((a * (c * c)) / (b * b))) / b
      
      function code(a, b, c)
      	return Float64(Float64(Float64(-c) - Float64(Float64(a * Float64(c * c)) / Float64(b * b))) / b)
      end
      
      function tmp = code(a, b, c)
      	tmp = (-c - ((a * (c * c)) / (b * b))) / b;
      end
      
      code[a_, b_, c_] := N[(N[((-c) - N[(N[(a * N[(c * c), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(b * b), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / b), $MachinePrecision]
      
      \begin{array}{l}
      
      \\
      \frac{\left(-c\right) - \frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{b \cdot b}}{b}
      \end{array}
      
      Derivation
      1. Initial program 32.6%

        \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
      2. Add Preprocessing
      3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b} + a \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \frac{{c}^{2}}{{b}^{3}} + a \cdot \left(-2 \cdot \frac{{c}^{3}}{{b}^{5}} + \frac{-1}{4} \cdot \frac{a \cdot \left(4 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} + 16 \cdot \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}}\right)}{b}\right)\right)} \]
      4. Applied rewrites96.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(-0.25 \cdot a, \frac{{c}^{4}}{{b}^{6}} \cdot \frac{20}{b}, \frac{{c}^{3} \cdot -2}{{b}^{5}}\right), a, \left(-c\right) \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right), a, \frac{-c}{b}\right)} \]
      5. Taylor expanded in b around 0

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{-5 \cdot \left(a \cdot {c}^{4}\right) + -2 \cdot \left({b}^{2} \cdot {c}^{3}\right)}{{b}^{7}}, a, \left(-c\right) \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right), a, \frac{-c}{b}\right) \]
      6. Step-by-step derivation
        1. Applied rewrites96.7%

          \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(-2 \cdot \left(b \cdot b\right), {c}^{3}, \left({c}^{4} \cdot a\right) \cdot -5\right)}{{b}^{7}}, a, \left(-c\right) \cdot \frac{c}{{b}^{3}}\right), a, \frac{-c}{b}\right) \]
        2. Taylor expanded in b around inf

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c + -1 \cdot \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
        3. Step-by-step derivation
          1. distribute-lft-outN/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(c + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}\right)}}{b} \]
          2. associate-*r/N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
          3. mul-1-negN/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\frac{c + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}\right)} \]
          4. lower-neg.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
          5. lower-/.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto -\color{blue}{\frac{c + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}{b}} \]
          6. lower-+.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto -\frac{\color{blue}{c + \frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}}{b} \]
          7. lower-/.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto -\frac{c + \color{blue}{\frac{a \cdot {c}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}}{b} \]
          8. lower-*.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto -\frac{c + \frac{\color{blue}{a \cdot {c}^{2}}}{{b}^{2}}}{b} \]
          9. unpow2N/A

            \[\leadsto -\frac{c + \frac{a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)}}{{b}^{2}}}{b} \]
          10. lower-*.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto -\frac{c + \frac{a \cdot \color{blue}{\left(c \cdot c\right)}}{{b}^{2}}}{b} \]
          11. unpow2N/A

            \[\leadsto -\frac{c + \frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}}{b} \]
          12. lower-*.f6491.9

            \[\leadsto -\frac{c + \frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{\color{blue}{b \cdot b}}}{b} \]
        4. Applied rewrites91.9%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-\frac{c + \frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{b \cdot b}}{b}} \]
        5. Final simplification91.9%

          \[\leadsto \frac{\left(-c\right) - \frac{a \cdot \left(c \cdot c\right)}{b \cdot b}}{b} \]
        6. Add Preprocessing

        Alternative 6: 81.6% accurate, 3.6× speedup?

        \[\begin{array}{l} \\ \frac{-c}{b} \end{array} \]
        (FPCore (a b c) :precision binary64 (/ (- c) b))
        double code(double a, double b, double c) {
        	return -c / b;
        }
        
        real(8) function code(a, b, c)
            real(8), intent (in) :: a
            real(8), intent (in) :: b
            real(8), intent (in) :: c
            code = -c / b
        end function
        
        public static double code(double a, double b, double c) {
        	return -c / b;
        }
        
        def code(a, b, c):
        	return -c / b
        
        function code(a, b, c)
        	return Float64(Float64(-c) / b)
        end
        
        function tmp = code(a, b, c)
        	tmp = -c / b;
        end
        
        code[a_, b_, c_] := N[((-c) / b), $MachinePrecision]
        
        \begin{array}{l}
        
        \\
        \frac{-c}{b}
        \end{array}
        
        Derivation
        1. Initial program 32.6%

          \[\frac{\left(-b\right) + \sqrt{b \cdot b - \left(4 \cdot a\right) \cdot c}}{2 \cdot a} \]
        2. Add Preprocessing
        3. Taylor expanded in a around 0

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \frac{c}{b}} \]
        4. Step-by-step derivation
          1. associate-*r/N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} \]
          2. lower-/.f64N/A

            \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot c}{b}} \]
          3. mul-1-negN/A

            \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(c\right)}}{b} \]
          4. lower-neg.f6480.9

            \[\leadsto \frac{\color{blue}{-c}}{b} \]
        5. Applied rewrites80.9%

          \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\frac{-c}{b}} \]
        6. Add Preprocessing

        Reproduce

        ?
        herbie shell --seed 2024318 
        (FPCore (a b c)
          :name "Quadratic roots, medium range"
          :precision binary64
          :pre (and (and (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 a) (< a 9007199254740992.0)) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 b) (< b 9007199254740992.0))) (and (< 1.1102230246251565e-16 c) (< c 9007199254740992.0)))
          (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt (- (* b b) (* (* 4.0 a) c)))) (* 2.0 a)))